Cantinflas captures three bandits who robbed a bank the night before, in this 1941 film, and is given the title of Agent 777—the Unknown Policeman—because of his mastery of disguise. In his ultimate assignment, he transforms himself into a wealthy jewel collector to set up a group of gangsters. Agent 777 would appear in subsequent Cantinflas films, and he was honored by police forces throughout Latin America. Hailed by Charlie Chaplin as "the greatest comedian in the world," Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes—known to millions by his character name "Cantinflas"—was compared to Chaplin and also to Groucho Marx for his use of satire and trickery to undercut the pompous and aristocratic. Though his brilliant Spanish wordplay limited his success in English-speaking countries, Cantinflas was a modern folk hero in Mexico, and his death in 1993 was followed by three days of national mourning. This Spanish-language film is subtitled in English.